No one here seemed to be interested in the petition to support a National Framework. This is not pie-in-the-sky thinking.
The Greens proposed a $20 million-a-year wildlife rescue strategy in March 2025 and are again urging their Canberra colleagues to back the plan.
“Wildlife rescue services across the country are struggling to keep their doors open,” said Greens spokesperson for the environment, Senator Sarah Hanson-Young.
“Our environment is in crisis, and as a consequence our wildlife are paying the price. We are seeing decreasing native wildlife populations and a number of species, including the koala, are facing extinction…”
Senator Hanson-Young said increasing threats to wildlife meant Australia had a responsibility to act.
“Habitat destruction, motor accidents, all of the other dangers … that humans bring onto them, we’ve got a responsibility to look after them…”